Aliens and Habitable Planets: Engaging the public in scientific practices characterizing exoplanet orbits
Laura M Peticolas1, Gordon Spear2, Lynn Cominsky1, Mary E Dussault3, Robert Zellem4, Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman5, Lindsay Marie Bartolone6, Brandon Lawton7, Anya A Biferno8, Kathleen Lestition9, Gordon Squires10 and Denise A Smith7, (1)Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, (2)Sonoma State University, Education and Public Outreach, Rohnert Park, CA, United States, (3)Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (5)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (6)Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, IL, United States, (7)Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, (8)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (9)Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, (10)Caltech, IPAC, Pasadena, CA, United States